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There is plenty I miss, but not living in California is one of the best decisions I’ve made.

California, or at least it's major population centers, have been leading forces in global culture and technology for a couple generations. For some people that brings an incomparable value. For others, not so much.

But what I miss most are not the urban areas (where I lived most of my life), but the countless gorgeous destinations outside of the cities. I know I'm biased, but I can't think of many other places in the world that have as much to offer within a couple hours drive (that's for both LA and the Bay Area, among other metros).

Frankly California is probably one of the best states. I love being here. Everyone could be bias but as some one working on tech, it's exciting to learn about new tech. There's nothing much I miss here and willing to pay a premium

"global culture"?

Do you disagree that the Bay Area and LA have been leading producers/trendsetters of culture on a global scale for the past 50 or so years? I'm thinking movies, television, music, internet culture, counterculture... the examples are kind of endless.

Only in your own minds.

Even if you never watch Hollywood movies or use social media born out of Silicon Valley, billions of people do.

Absolutely.

I miss plenty about not living in California. (But then I'm in Nebraska — maybe that makes a difference.)

There are things I don't miss to be sure (traffic immediately comes to mind).

Yeah, but it all depends.

I live, work, and shop all within a few blocks, so traffic for me is the exact same as any other mid-sized city suburbs.

Oh, sure, occasionally I get caught in traffic on the freeway because I have to go somewhere farther away. But even then, I only travel between 10 am - 2 pm to reduce chances of freeway traffic jams. Or after 8 pm, too. But, of course, jams can happen at any time. So for when it happens, I just turn on some tunes, and chill out. I think about 150 years ago when I'd have to travel by horse or carriage over rough and dusty roads. So, I get a sweet climate-controlled vehicle, comfortable, with great roads. Traffic jams in my car are still faster than horse and buggy. That's how I look at it.

We moved from Nebraska to California. I miss Runza and Valentino’s pizza.

Ha ha, enjoy all the Asian food you now have. You'll miss it if you return to the midwest.

Chinese places here are buffet style, offer pizza.

(Just kidding. Not really.)

Oh man. I miss proper Midwest-style Asian food. I’d kill for a good general chicken, where “good” is defined here as “the kind slopped up in 100 little holes in the wall in my hometown”.

The quality and variety are vastly better here, but sometimes you just want comfort food.

Warning: the more often you move, the more you'll miss from all the other places combined...

Better to have loved and lost....

I might've gone my whole life without ever knowing the joy of pork katsu curry, and I don't like to think about that.

Sure, though traffic is an issue of population density and lack of reliable affordable mass transit.

Would you like to expand on this a bit?

It's such a huge and varied state it always amuses me when people say this. I tend to read it as "I'm glad I moved out of whatever city I used to isolate myself in."

Alas, you are in the minority. I’ve rented 8 cars this year downtown and 6 of them had Florida or Georgia plates.

They all said they were never going to move back…

The cars told you that? Interesting.

As a resident with many californians, welcome, leave your politics in california or go right back.

Takes all types.

It's the best thing I've ever done and I'll never move from here.

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